"If Japan pushes ahead ... we will react sternly to it in accordance with international and domestic

"If Japan pushes ahead ... we will react sternly to it in accordance with international and domestic laws. The responsibility for all problems caused by this lies with Japan. The government is preparing countermeasures for all scenarios."
Ban Ki-moon
South Korean foreign minister, demanding that Japan abandon plans for a scientific survey of disputed islets in waters between the two nations.
"Sometimes you can find great people in New York."
Dax Maier, 12
One of 69 people rescued after being trapped for hours in two cable cars that were suspended hundreds of feet above the East River in New York City, in speaking of the friendly atmosphere inside his cable car.